Lucas 7:4

4 Cuando llegaron ante Jesús, le rogaron con insistencia:—Este hombre merece que le concedas lo que te pide:

Lucas 7:4 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:4

And when they came to Jesus
To that part of the city where he was; either at Peter's house, where he used to be when in this place; or rather it might be as he was passing along the streets, that they came up to him

they besought him instantly;
or with great vehemence and importunity; very studiously and carefully they urged the case, and pressed him much to it:

saying, he was worthy for whom he should do this;
or, "for whom thou shouldst do this", as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions read, and some copies; and which reading connects the words best. This speech of theirs savours of their "pharisaic" tenet and notion of merit, and is very different from the sense the poor centurion had of himself.

Lucas 7:4 In-Context

2 Había allí un centurión, cuyo siervo, a quien él estimaba mucho, estaba enfermo, a punto de morir.

3 Como oyó hablar de Jesús, el centurión mandó a unos dirigentes de los judíos a pedirle que fuera a sanar a su siervo.

4 Cuando llegaron ante Jesús, le rogaron con insistencia:—Este hombre merece que le concedas lo que te pide:

5 aprecia tanto a nuestra nación, que nos ha construido una sinagoga.

6 Así que Jesús fue con ellos. No estaba lejos de la casa cuando el centurión mandó unos amigos a decirle:—Señor, no te tomes tanta molestia, pues no merezco que entres bajo mi techo.